Hi guys, quick question - is there anything like `gradle.ext` that I can use to make values from set...

# gradle

[lukas]

Hi guys, quick question - is there anything like gradle.ext that I can use to make values from settings.gradle.kts available to build.gradle.kts?

[Czar]

add to ext: val yourValue by extra { "some value" }
declare in a file you want to access it in: val yourValue: String by extra
access it: println("Just got a value from extra: $yourValue")

[Czar]

I don't remember for sure, but if the above doesn't work, try gradle.extra instead of just extra.

[lukas]

Yeah I know about extra, but that seems to be unavailable in settings.gradle.kts?

[r4zzz4k]

Don't know if it suits you, but as a workaround for constants (and not only for them, actually) there was a following solution suggested yesterday: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C19FD9681/p1513272845000259?thread_ts=1513272693.000251&cid=C19FD9681

[Czar]

@lukas does this gradle.extra["something"] = "something" work?

[lukas]

@r4zzz4k Thank you for the suggestions, I’ll check it out. Not sure if that’s what I need though, since I am passing dynamic data..

[lukas]

@Czar No it does not, gradle.extra can’t be resolved (since Gradle is not ExtensionAware)

[r4zzz4k]

What kind of data though? Is it really tied to Project instance? buildSrc is still a valid place for a bit more involved building logic global for the project.
Of course I'm not saying that you don't need extras, it depends :)

[lukas]

It’s a dynamic multi-project build with shared data, so I generate that once in settings.gradle and then can access it from all project builds. Since the included projects can vary, I don’t know if buildSrc can help me.

Thank you for your help 🙂

[Czar]

// in settings.gradle.kts
gradle.beforeProject {
        extra["meow"] = "meowValue"
        // or: val meow: String by extra { "meowValue" }
}

// in build.gradle.kts
val meow: String by extra

this works for me

[lukas]

Thank you! it works in beforeProject 🙂